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Food AND Medicine, EMLC & Unions Provide Meals to Frontline Workers

Food AND Medicine, EMLC & Unions Provide Meals to Frontline Workers

On February 18th, Jack McKay, President of the Eastern Maine Labor Council and Senator Troy Jackson, a special projects organizer for Food AND Medicine (FAM), delivered lunch to AFT Local 5093 at the Bangor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and the AFT Local 6071 at the City of Bangor Fleet Maint

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Preble Street Workers Vote on Groundbreaking Agreement to Improve Racial Equity, Wages & Workplace Protections

Preble Street Workers Vote on Groundbreaking Agreement to Improve Racial Equity, Wages & Workplace Protections

Members of Preble Street United (Maine Service Employees Association — SEIU 1989) — a union representing 150 staff at Preble Street locations in Portland, Lewiston and Bangor — are expected to ratify a transformative two-year contract proposal that would improve racial equity, boost wages and pro

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Homecoming for Liz Shuler

LABOR PRESS: You’ve been given such a huge responsibility now, with the death of your friend Rich Trumka [In August she was appointed to serve the remainder of his term.] But the entire time you’ve been involved, labor has been struggling to come back. Do you have a secret plan?

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